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Tag Archives: Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear War: Just Another Day
By Colin Todhunter Source: OffGuardian Catastrophic events that send the world into turmoil happen on ‘just another day’. The atom bomb that exploded over Hiroshima took place while thousands of ordinary folk were just going about their everyday business … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Economics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, Militarization, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged agritech, elites, empire, geopolitics, Hiroshima, imperialism, Militarism, Neoliberalism, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Socialism, Thatcherism, Theresa May, Tony Benn, US Foreign Policy, war
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War Profiteers and the Demise of the US Military-Industrial Complex
By Dmitry Orlov Source: Club Orlov Within the vast bureaucratic sprawl of the Pentagon there is a group in charge of monitoring the general state of the military-industrial complex and its continued ability to fulfill the requirements of the national … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, Neocons, Oligarchy, society, State Crime, war, war on terror, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Afghanistan, Arms Trade, BAE Systems, Boeing, DARPA, Defense Contractors, Defense Spending, EBITDA, General Dynmics, geopolitics, INDPOL, Iran, Lockheed Martin, military-industrial complex, North Korea, Northrop Grumman, Nuclear Weapons, Raytheon, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, The Pentagon, Turkey, US DOD, war, War Criminals, war profiteers, Yemen
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Manufacturing War With Russia
By Chris Hedges Source: Information Clearing House Despite the Robert Mueller report’s conclusion that Donald Trump and his campaign did not collude with Russia during the 2016 presidential race, the new Cold War with Moscow shows little sign of abating. … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, culture, Deep State, Dirty Politics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, Neocons, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Boris Yeltsin, CIA, Cold War, détente, Deep State, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, empire, Fusion GPS, geopolitics, Hypersonic missiles, imperialism, International Monetary Fund, James Clapper, John Brennan, NATO, NSA, Nuclear Weapons, Putin, Robert Mueller, Russia, RussiaGate, Soviet Union, Steele Dossier, Stephen F. Cohen, Ukraine, War With Russia? From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate
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Book Review: The Doomsday Machine
By Alex Cox Source: Lobster Magazine Until recently I only knew Daniel Ellsberg as the whistleblower who made the Pentagon Papers public, and for his peace campaigning over the years. I had no idea that prior to releasing a trove … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, culture, Empire, Geopolitics, History, media, Militarization, military spending, Neocons, society, State Crime, Technology, war
Tagged Alex Cox, Daniel Ellsberg, NATO, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, RAND, Russia, SIOP, Strategic Air Command, The Doomsday Machine, World War 3
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RIP INF Treaty: Russia’s Victory, America’s Waterloo
By Dmitry Orlov Source: Club Orlov On March 1, 2018 the world learned of Russia’s new weapons systems, said to be based on new physical principles. Addressing the Federal Assembly, Putin explained how they came to be: in 2002 the … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, Neocons, news, society, State Crime, war
Tagged ABM treaty, Cold War, empire, EU, geopolitics, imperialism, INF Treaty, MH17, NATO, Novichok, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Sergei Skripal, Star Wars, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy
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The Fear Driving US Nuclear Strategy
By Robert J. Burrowes The United States Department of Defense released its latest ‘Nuclear Posture Review 2018’ (NPR) on 2 February, updating the last one issued in 2010 during the previous administration. See ‘Nuclear Posture Review 2018’. The Executive Summary … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, culture, Empire, Geopolitics, Militarization, news, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged arms race, Distraction, fear, General H. R. McMaster, Jim Mattis, John Kelly, North Korea, Nuclear Posture Review, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, psychology, Russia, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Foreign Policy, Violence, war
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US Sanctions Symptomatic of a Failing Empire
By James ONeill Source: New Eastern Outlook On 26 July 2017 the US Congress overwhelmingly approved a Bill providing for fresh sanctions against North Korea, Russia and Iran. The passage of this Bill , and its level of support in … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, Empire, Geopolitics, Militarization, Neocons, propaganda, Social Control, society, State Crime, war
Tagged BRICS, empire, Eurasian Economic Union, geopolitics, imperialism, Iran, JCPOA, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Libya, North Korea, North South Transportation Corridor, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Sanctions, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Syria, Trump, US Foreign Policy
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